“People have tried to put me in all these boxes. But there is no box.”

They say that youth is wasted on the young but, at 29, Teen Vogue Editor-in-Chief Lindsay Peoples Wagner has managed to combine her fashion savvy, industry experience and unblinking passion to show the full breadth of what it means to be a young person today. In 2018, the Wisconsin native became Condé Nast’s youngest ever editor-in-chief, following the magazine’s lauded transformation from lip gloss and bubblegum into a hub of insightful political coverage on everything from climate change to Black Lives Matter. Having worked her way up from intern, to assistant, and now executive, Peoples Wagner exudes the confidence of someone who has earned the respect accorded her. Her office, with its many framed Teen Vogue covers and sleek marble and gold fixtures, feels like a manifestation ...